Together | Hero Arts

This month the challenge is: Happy Anniversary – It’s all about Anniversaries and Birthdays! Here’s how I was inspired: Today I’m featuring the Hero Arts: The floral bouquet has been heat embossed in copper on vellum. After using the copper glitter paper for the tag detail, I decided to use the circle negative cuts as

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Cheers | Lawn Fawn

Happy Thursday, there is a new Inspired By…challenge! Every Thursday there will be a new inspiration photo and optional sketch! Here’s how I was inspired: I was inspired by the: I’m featuring the following products by Lawn Fawn: I also added the Waffle Flower Crafts – Subsentiments Hello | Diecut Sheet. I can’t wait to see

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You are the Coolest | Doodlebugswa

I’m back with another project for Doodlebugs… Today’s project features the following products from Doodlebugswa: A majority of the pieces for this card were floating around on my desk. I challenged myself to clean up and add some Lawn Fawn and Concord & 9th pieces. The sentiments have been heat embossed in white. The ‘you

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Peace, Love and Coffee | Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #28

New month means a brand new challenge and sponsor over on the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge! We’re excited to announce Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps as our sponsor for the month of April: For all the details about the challenge, please visit the post HERE. Here’s how I was inspired: I combined the following products available

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Lunar New Year Challenge | April 2024

We’re back with the April Lunar New Year Challenge! The Year of the Rabbit ended on February 9th. The Year of the Dragon started on February 10, 2024 and runs through January 28, 2025. Make sure you check the challenge blog for the prizes up for grabs this month! For today’s new challenge post, I

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Hello Friend | Woodblock Wednesday Reminder

I’m back with a reminder for this month’s Woodblock Wednesday! Check the link up post HERE. Today’s project features these stamps by Impress: I’ve been on a strawberry kick. Love them! Before I go, I did want to announce my next Woodblock Wednesday: My card was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches: Some links may be

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Be Pawsitive | Lawn Fawn

Happy Saturday! I’m linking up to the Lawn Fawnatics challenge – Inspired by book, movie or song: Any guesses? Perhaps I’m showing my age? I went pretty clean + simple on my overall design. I really wanted to pile stuff onto that circle panel but decided to keep it clean. The Lawn Fawn products I’m

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This is your Year | Lunar New Year Challenge + MFT Stamps

We’re so excited to be collaborating with MFT Stamps! Check out the Lunar New Year Challenge blog for all the details! Here’s how I was inspired: I had so much fun designing this project that features: I think that BB Magical Dragon was meant to be on that LLD All-Star High Top, how about you?

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Translation: Thank You | Lawn Fawn

Happy Thursday, there is a new Inspired By…challenge! Every Thursday there will be a new inspiration photo and optional sketch! Here’s how I was inspired: I was inspired by the: I’m featuring the following products by Lawn Fawn: The Concord & 9th cardstock colors: The sentiment has been heat embossed in white on a black cardstock

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Monochromatic Card Design with Coffee Inspiration

I had an idea that I playing with in my head after I designed THIS card. I challenged myself to create a more monochromatic design with a caffeinated spin. I’m featuring: *retired I didn’t achieve full monochromatic but that’s okay. I’ve really been on a blue kick and I love how peachy corals so with

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Have a Happy Day | Lawn Fawn

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Frogs I was inspired by the colors +theme. My card features the following Lawn Fawn products from Doodlebugswa: Evidently, I’m still in my blue era. My card was also inspired by the current Lawn Fawnatics: This is always such a

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Explore the Under the Sea Collection by Waffle Flower

I’m back with another card featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: This turned out a bit brighter than I’m used to but it’s growing on me. The sentiment was stamped on the stamp color panel as the stenciling. I’m featuring: In case you missed my earlier projects: Here are my other two:

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Explore Hero Arts’ May Collections

Hero Arts has a couple new May Collections: I’m featuring products from the You’ve Got a Friend Collection: Today’s card features: I also snuck in a sentiment from an earlier release: I used a bunch of Hero Arts inks: The stenciling was done on ColorWheel cardstock: Affiliate links at no extra cost to you.

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Creative Shibori Card Making with Handmade Paper

Did you catch my earlier post about my Shibori Weekend with my girl? This is one of the things we worked on: My girl brought handmade cotton paper that she found at ReCreative. I dipped it into the dye vats. I couldn’t wait to use one of the panels for a card. I combined these Hero

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Shibori Weekend | Pratt Fine Arts Center

Last weekend my girl treated me to Shibori classes on Saturday + Sunday via Pratt. A big thank you to Kentaro Kojima for such a great class. The definition of Shibori: Shibori is a traditional Japanese, manual “shaped-resist” dyeing technique that involves folding, twisting, stitching, or compressing fabric to create intricate patterns. Derived from the

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Hello Duo | Waffle Flower

I’m back with a card duo featuring the Waffle Flower – Under the Sea collection: There are so many amazing new products! Let’s chat about the submarine card first: This card features: I snuck in an earlier released sentiment from: I stenciled the background with these Distress Oxides: My other card mixes: *previously released I

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Mint to Be | Brass & Bliss Craft Co

Hello and Happy Saturday! I’m excited to be up on the Brass & Bliss Craft Co blog. Check it out HERE for more pics and a tutorial. These are the Brass & Bliss Craft Co products I’m featuring today:

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Coffee Date with Laurel | Coffee Loving Papercrafters + Giveaway!

My teamie Laurel Seabrook and I are having a coffee date! We both used her monthly challenge: To see Laurel’s fabulous card, hop over to the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog! Here’s how I was inspired: I had all kinds of ideas swirling around and then decided to go with that sweet bunny. These are the

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Friend | Alex Syberia Designs

Hello and Happy Friday Eve! My project was inspired by the newest Inspired by Challenge: Vases I was inspired by the sketch colors +theme. My card features the following Alex Syberia Designs products: That cork is from my stash and I love how it adds to the design. I can’t wait to see how you’re

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